I
don�t know if they are doing it on purpose, or if they really don�t
know. Our President and elected officials I am talking about.

If
you are like millions of Americans who have trouble sleeping at night
I have a great exercise for you in the wee hours of the morning. Instead
of watching re-runs of Friends, why don�t you grab a piece
of paper and a pencil and settle in front of your TV and take your
own poll. As you flip around the news channels listen to the interviews
with those elected to govern us. Instead of counting how many times
they lie (not enough lead in your pencil) keep a tally of how many
times you hear them mention the word �democracy.� For me it
has begun to rival fingers scraping the chalkboard. The sound of that
word makes me cringe.

America
is not now, nor has it ever been a democracy. Most people don�t know
that, and as a result we are acting more and more like one. The president
speaks about our �great democracy,� congressional leaders repeat
the mantra that elections speak volumes in �our democracy.�
Are they stupid, or deceptive? Both, I�m sure, but allow me to clear
the air.

Perhaps
you are familiar with the Pledge of Allegiance. If I can be so condescending,
allow me quote it.

I
pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and
to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Notice
that America is a republic, not a democracy.

What�s
the difference? Nice of you to ask.

Democracy---Government
by the people; especially: rule of the majority b: a government
in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by
them directly involving periodically held free elections.

In
his book �The Unseen Hand� A. Ralph Epperson says: �It is generally
conceded that even a monarchy or a dictatorship is an oligarchy, or
a government run by a small, ruling minority. Such is also the case
with a democracy, for this form of government is traditionally
controlled at the top by a small ruling oligarchy. The people in a
democracy are conditioned to believe that they are indeed the
decision-making power of government, but in truth there is almost
always a small circle at the top making the decisions for the entirety."

Ben
Franklin said, "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what
to have for lunch. When the people find they can vote themselves money,
that will herald the end of the republic."

What
did Winston Churchill think about democracy? �The best argument
against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.�
(I wonder if he was in a labor union?)

Karl
Marx told us �Democracy is the road to socialism.� It has been
a long and winding road to where we are today.

Okay
Coach, so what is a Republic, you ask?

According
to Webster�s unabridged Dictionary, a republic is �A form of government
in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote
and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible
to them and governing according to law."

A
republic is a government based on the rule of law. In the Republican
form of government, the power rests in a written Constitution,
wherein the powers of government are limited so that the people retain
the maximum amount of power themselves. In addition to limiting the
power of government, care is also taken to limit the power of the
people to restrict the rights of both the majority and the minority.

What
is the law upon which the American Republic rests? The
US Constitution is the framework that keeps government powers in check.
The Law is Supreme and the people can change America only by changing
the laws. The Constitution provides the framework in which that change
may occur. Want to make abortion legal? Change the law. The Constitution
clearly spells out how it must be done, and the courts can�t do it.

In
his farewell address George Washington said, "If in the opinion
of the people, the distribution or modification of the Constitutional
power be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment
in the way in which the Constitutional designates. But, let there
by no change by usurpation, for though this, in one instance,
may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which
free governments are destroyed."

As
Washington warned, the powers of self-government have been usurped
away from the people. America is now an oligarchy.

So,
what�s an oligarchy? (Boy your public-school education is really showing).
According to dictionary.com an oligarchy is a form of government
in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant
class or clique; government by the few.

Pure
Democracy leads to oligarchy.

Oligarchy
leads to tyranny. (I know you�ve heard of that before, but tyranny
is something that only happens in European countries someone told
you). Better go back to the dictionary.

Tyranny
is a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
(not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

So
who is responsible for the tyranny? Well, we all are because we no
longer follow the Constitution, teach the Constitution, or obey the
Constitution. In fact, I�ve had lawyers tell me that they never studied
the Constitution in law school. Instead they studied the decisions
of courts�.a judge�s opinion of what the Constitution said. Stare
Decisis is the law of the land�..previously decided cases�opinions
of judges�..not based on the Constitution.

Because
of that America has slipped into Krytocracy. (I suppose that
wasn�t on the 12th grade proficiency test, was it? Let�s see if we
can find that in No Child Getting Ahead.)

Krytocracy
is �government ruled by judges. Judgements in a krytocracy are
arrived at by the personal opinions of the judge.� Our courts
are out of whack, our judges are all powerful, the will of the people
is meaningless.

Job
9:24, �When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, He blindfolds
it�s judges.�

Isaiah
59:14-15, �Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar
off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter. So
truth fails, And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then
the Lord saw it and it displeased Him that there was no justice.�

Hmmm.
So what is justice? �The upholding of what is just, especially
fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards,
or law.�

Ezek
20:24-25 �Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised
my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after
their fathers' idols. Wherefore I gave them also statutes that
were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live."

Hosea
4:6. �My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou
hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt
be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God,
I will also forget thy children."

�If
you want to live ignorant and free, you want what never was and never
will be.�

Coach Dave Daubenmire, founder and President
of Pass The Salt Ministries www.ptsalt.com
and Minutemen United www.minutemenunited.org,
is host of the high octane Pass The Salt radio show heard in Columbus,
Ohio.

In 1999 Coach Daubenmire was sued by the ACLU
for praying with his teams while coaching high school in Ohio. He now
spends his energy fighting for Christian principles in the public domain.

America
is not now, nor has it ever been a democracy. Most people don�t know that,
and as a result we are acting more and more like one. The president speaks
about our �great democracy,� congressional leaders repeat the mantra that
elections speak volumes in �our democracy.�